And EVERY club in Germany’s Bundesliga had a representative in Telford on Tuesday to watch England Under-17s beat Brazil’s youngsters 3-1.

One top agent said: “It is clear that German clubs are targeting the best talent in England. The word is out and the clubs can offer regular football to youngsters who would take years to establish themselves in the Premier League.

“The risk of paying out training compensation is small when you consider the players could be stars in a couple of years.”

Sancho, 18, last week made his full England bow having joined Dortmund from Manchester City for £8million 14 months ago.

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Bundesliga clubs are now looking to raid the Premier League for young talent. Not only that . . . young English talent.

And it has been coming.

In the last five years the Three Lions have been nurturing their cubs at St George’s Park, largely under the watchful eye of former FA technical director Dan Ashworth, whose move to Brighton last month has left a huge hole.

That work culminated in the youth successes of 2017 when England were crowned Under-20 and Under-17 world champions and Euro winners at Under-19 level.

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Now clubs are ready to pick off youngsters with low-risk investment that carries the possibility of unearthing the next Sancho, who left Manchester City for Dortmund and was in the England squad just over a year later.

The 18-year-old has taken the Bundesliga by storm with goals and assists to match his dazzling footwork.

Dortmund have an eye on Foden from that Under-17 triumph plus West Ham’s Rice, 19, who may yet switch countries to become an England player despite three friendly outings for the Republic of Ireland.

Borussia Monchengladbach took Keanan Bennetts, 19, from Spurs and also have former Crystal Palace youngster Mandela Egbo, 21.

RB Leipzig have taken on Paul Mitchell as head of recruitment, looking to tap into a network that saw him help sign England and Spurs star Dele Alli.

They have taken highly-rated Matty Bondswell from Nottingham Forest and loaned Ademola Lookman from Everton last season.

Nelson, on a season-long loan at Hoffenheim, added: “The aim is to show myself in the Bundesliga and hopefully come back to the Premier League with Arsenal. I wanted to take that gamble and it’s going well so far.”

It is no wonder Telford’s New Bucks Head stadium was packed with scouts to watch England Under-17s defeat Brazil on Tuesday.

If Ashworth’s turning point was the Under-17s win, the moment things changed for English youngsters was Sancho’s move.

English players were previously seen as bad travellers and Southgate’s squad was the only one at the World Cup with just players from that country’s domestic leagues. The squad for this week’s win over Spain marked a shift.

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